Ludhiana, June 1 -- Police have solved the murder of an elderly industrialist and his wife in Janta Nagar with the arrest of a distant relative who reportedly killed the couple and robbed cash and jewellery from their house following a dispute over money, investigators said on Monday.

The accused, identified as Pardeep Singh, 34, an iron welder from New Angad Colony in village Gill, was arrested following an investigation into the murders of Kuldeep Singh, 70, and his wife Harmeet Kaur, 69, who were found dead at their residence on Friday.

Addressing a press conference, commissioner of police Swapan Sharma said Pardeep was a distant nephew of Harmeet Kaur and was known to the family. Since the couple's daughters live abroad, he frequent...